Stanley Cup: The final 3 games

[Berlum]

Great championship series...Props to both teams...Here we go Bruins, here we go...

[Berlum]

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[Bluzmann57]

2. Tonight, Game 5, the Hawks are showing how defense is played

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WHAT A GAME! Rask is one helluva goalie and (obviously) so is Crawford.
EMPTY NETTER! 3-1 Hawks! Up 3 games to 2.
Congratulations to both teams on what so far has been a GREAT series. GO BLACKHAWKS!
edited because of lousy proofreading. Gotta stop posting and watching at the same time.

[Berlum]

3. Hawks win game 5. Lead 3 games to 2

BLACKHAWKS 3, BRUINS 1
Boston Brings the Hits, but Chicago’s Speed Wins the Game

“It’s been a war — it’s been a battle,” Quenneville said of both the game and the series.

CHICAGO (AP) — Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has been taken to a Chicago hospital for observation after being injured during Game 5 against the Blackhawks on Saturday night.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/sports/hockey/blackhawks-come-out-on-top-in-bruising-game-with-bruins.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130623&_r=0

[Myrina]

4. You know I'm on the other side of the rink, but definitely PROPS to both teams!

I hope Bergeron's injury isn't anything serious.

[Berlum]

5. Patrice Bergeron out of hospital, travels with Bruins to Boston

""Patrice was discharged from the hospital Saturday night and will be flying home with the team this morning," Chiarelli said in a team statement...The Bruins are being quiet when it comes to the injury and like every NHL team being very vague when it comes to talking about it.

"Even taking into account the uncertain status of Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews for tonight’s Game 6 showdown at the Garden, Bergeron’s absence would be crippling to the depth-challenged Bruins. The cold, hard reality, though, is that this is hockey, and in hockey, especially at Cup time, you muddle on with what you’ve got."

http://bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/boston_bruins/2013/06/buckley_injury_to_patrice_bergeron_hurts_all_of_hockey

[Myrina]

6. Right, but they won't say until after the Cup what exactly happened ...

.... it looked odd, back spasm, groin pull, definitely something in his core, though.
Hope it's just something that needs time - not surgery - to heal.

[Berlum]

7. Sadly, I salute the Blackhawks

Who win the Cup with a 6th game victory in Boston 3-2. A great series all around. But bullet shots to the Bruins hearts in the end. I'm going back into hibernation till football season (or whatever).

[Myrina]

8. Ho-oolly cow!!

I did not expect that ending!! Thrilled but also sad because now the season's over & that was some AWESOME hockey.

Final tally:
Shaw - hit by a puck, played with bleeding facial stitches
Handzus - played game 6 with a broken wrist
Hossa - played game 6 w/ pinched disk in back, couldn't feel his foot
Bergeron - played game 6 with torn cartilege, a broken rib and a separated shoulder.

Hockey players have the most heart of any athletes!!!!

Thanks Boston, for a well-fought series.

[GoCubsGo]

9. What an ending!!!!

I was expecting OT, if not a Game 7. But, in retrospect, it's a fitting ending for the Hawks, and this season, in general. Wow!!! The only thing I hate about it is that turd Bettman still manages to come out of that lockout fiasco smelling like a rose.

I had heard about Zus's broken wrist. There needs to be some sort of 'gutsy player' award, and that would definitely go to Bergeron.